Valley Falls, Oregon
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Warner Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97630. The Survey maps it on the Valley Falls quadrangle. It stands 4,327 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1955 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Valley Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Lakeview quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Valley Falls quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Valley Falls between 1994 and 2020, burning about 878 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BOWERS 1 396 |
| 9 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CHANDLER 393 |
| 29 September 1997 | Other causes | 5.0 acres | Lake Unit | WEEKLY |
| 2 September 1994 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 70 acres | Lakeview District | GRANGE |
| 29 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Lakeview District | VALLEY FALLS |
| 25 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Lakeview District | FALLS |
| 23 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Lakeview District | CANTEEN |
| 17 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.1 acres | Lakeview District | VALLEY FALLS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Valley Falls: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Abert | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Abert Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valley Falls in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Hail | Valley Falls | - | A member of the public posted a picture of his hand holding 1.0 inch hail. He said the hail broke his bedroom window. The picture was posted at 25/1514 PDT, but the time of the incident was determined by radar data. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chewaucan (historical) | 17.6 miles | 12 | |
| Paisley | 20.1 miles | 12 | |
| Plush | 20.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lakeview | 20.7 miles | 10 | |
| Five Corners | 22.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hot Springs (historical) | 26.1 miles | 11 | |
| West Side | 27.9 miles | 10 | |
| Drews Valley (historical) | 28.1 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Valley Falls | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7912036 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1128496. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




